Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 376 Emperor Shaotian is beyond reach

late at night.

The tremendous pressure made it difficult for Zhu Yihai to sleep.

In the dim room, Zhu Yihai sat alone in front of the case, still flipping through the memorial reports, and taking notes from time to time.

The situation is just right.

But Zhu Yihai was even more anxious. He knew very well that when it came to the critical moment, every step was on thin ice, and any wrong step could lead to the loss of everything.

Under his leadership, Daming now barely has half of the country in the south, but the seemingly good situation is actually a fragmented mess. Even the imperial camp he relies on the most is actually empty now, and the real battle can be done. There are not many soldiers in the war.

From a corner in the east of Zhejiang to now planning to lay out the world, there are too many uncertainties and too many uncontrollable things.

He fetched the map again and set his sights on Guanzhong.

Xi'an city.

This thousand-year-old capital used to be the center of the Han family, but after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the center of gravity of the world moved eastward, and Chang'an became Xi'an. Guanzhong could not accommodate too many people, let alone become the center of the world. An important town occupying a central position in the northwest.

Get Long and look at Shu.

Zhu Yihai is currently based in Bashu, so he turned to Longyou Guanzhong.

He once had such a slight expectation, hoping that Gao Doushu, the God of War in Yunyang, and He Zhen, the mighty general, would really bring him a pleasant surprise, take advantage of the emptiness in Guanzhong to take Xi'an, reject Tongguan, and settle in Shanxi and Gansu.

But this kind of hope that shouldn't be there is just a flash, and then Zhu Yihai still believes that this kind of thinking is too underestimating the enemy at this time.

And it's pretty much the same.

He Zhen sent [-] troops out of Lianyunzhan to Fengxiang in Guanzhong. Sun Shoufa and Wu Dading in Guanzhong responded with troops. Wang Guangtai from Zhongkai Town in Yunyang, and Liu Tichun from Zhongyi Town also led troops out of Guanzhong.

The generals of the Dashun Army in the Guanzhong Plain, even many famous generals, and gentry uprisings were numerous. Liu Wenbing, Guo Junzhen, Golden Fish, Jiao Rong, Qiu Huang, Li Yao, etc. responded in groups.

For a while, they even took Zhouzhi, Huxian, Meixian, Jingyang, Sanyuan, Lintong, Chengcheng, Pucheng, Baishui, Chaoyi, Ganxian, Wugong, etc.

Wu Dading, Sun Shoufa and others raised troops to Guyuan, occupied Longzhou, and even captured and beheaded the chief soldier He Shiyuan.

He Hongqi and Li Mingyi raised troops at Lingtai, Jiang Denglei occupied Jiezhou, Wang Yuan, and Ma De killed Jiao Anmin, the governor of Ningxia in the Qing Dynasty, and occupied Gongchang Mansion.

At the end of December last year, [-] volunteers from Guanlong, Hanzhong, and Yunyang besieged Xi'an and reached Xianyang.

Cao Junsan, Wang Ying, and Shi Kezong in Xi'an all conspired to respond internally and sent people to contact the rebel army.

Yao Xiao from He County, Wei Tianming from Qian Zong, Wang Zhili, Li Shiren from Chaoyi, etc. also killed Qing officials in response.

Even Huang Changyin, the newly appointed governor of Shaanxi, took the initiative to send people to the rebel army to ask for anyway.

It is precisely because of this that although Zhu Yihai has repeatedly issued decrees, emphasizing that the time to attack the customs has not yet come, let alone attacking Xi'an, he hopes that after the war against the Qing Dynasty in Shaanxi and Gansu, the generals will take advantage of the situation to wipe out the green camp of the Qing army. Bo, after eliminating some local officials and soldiers of the Qing army, they retreated in time and took them to dangerous places such as mountains for reorganization.

But He Zhen thinks that the situation is very good, and he cannot miss the opportunity at this time, and insists on taking Xi'an in one fell swoop.

Although Gao Doushu was the governor sent by Zhu Yihai, after all, the people from all walks of life in Guanzhong were complicated. Although they all respected Zhu Yihai, they were all military leaders with soldiers in their hands. Governor Gao's words didn't work.

In the end, in desperation, I had no choice but to take a step forward, and even had the idea that I might be able to win Xi'an.

But they are similar to Zhu Dadian and Huguang Wuzhong in the past. The rebel army is too messy and chaotic. You call it three thousand and I claim five thousand. They say they are rebels, but in fact many of them are ordinary people.

Converging in Xi'an, there are a lot of people and strong for a while, but what follows is the problem of food and grass supply for so many people and horses, and even the problem of unified command and dispatch.

Lack of food and pay, many rebels were originally Shunjun or even some grassroots bandits. They robbed Guanzhong when they had no food. The chaos in Guanzhong was added to the chaos. The people were looking forward to these rebels and warmly welcomed them, but who knew In the end, everyone complained and even avoided it.

Not only that, Gao Doushu, the governor, was still unable to effectively command these troops, the same was true for He Zhen, the admiral, and the same for Sun Shoufa, the governor.

Originally, Gao Doushu proposed that the 500 rebels should be divided into auxiliary camps, and the soldiers should be reorganized into battalions. It was planned that there would be a small battalion of 3000 people, a large battalion of 2000 people, and an army of [-] soldiers. There are five armies on the left and right, [-] soldiers, and more than [-] auxiliary soldiers.

But when it comes to reorganization, the leaders of the various rebels began to have more opinions. They competed for official positions, titles, and even food and salary.

Arguing endlessly and making no progress.

Although there are many soldiers and horses in chaos, they have not been reorganized and have no unified command. Although they have been pulled to the vicinity of Xi'an, facing the empty city of Xi'an, it is still a waste of time.

In the city of Xi'an, Meng Qiaofang, the governor of Shaanxi on three fronts, is an old traitor.

Originally from Zhili, his ancestral home is Xuzhou. He served as the deputy commander in the Ming Dynasty and then returned to his hometown. 16 years ago, the Qing army captured his hometown Yongping. Guerrilla Yang Shengyuan and other 15 people surrendered.

Still a lieutenant general, he returned to Liaodong with the Qing army and worked hard to join the Han army with a red flag. He was awarded the title of Merezhangjing by the Han army after his hard work. After entering the customs, he was promoted to the left servant of the Ministry of punishment.

After Azige's class returned to the court, he served as the governor of the three sides and guarded Shaanxi.

Originally, Meng Qiaofang was a polished commander, and there were not many soldiers under him. Generals like He Zhen, Bai Guangen, and Ma Ke were all surrendered generals, some of them were bright generals, some of them were obedient generals.

Therefore, when Meng Qiaofang took office, he kept telling the Qing court that people like He Zhen could never be trusted, especially the important area of ​​Hanzhong, and could not be handed over to He Zhen. , Then the Qing court sent troops to take over important towns such as Hanzhong.

They even proposed some tricks to sow discord, to make He Zhen and others fight among themselves.

It's a pity that Zhu Yihai came out. He has Qian Qianyi, Yan Wogong and many other high-level insiders in the court. Zhu Yihai knew about Meng Qiaofang's plan, so he copied the copy and showed it to He Zhen and others. Next, let He Zhen be persuaded to surrender in advance anyway.

He Zhen, Sun Fa, Wu Dading, etc. Anyway, Meng Qiaofang was caught off guard, and even Luo Dai, Dang Meng'an, and Guo Dengxian, the other three generals of Hanzhong that he had almost succeeded in wooing, also followed anyway.

He Zhen and other companies with [-] troops attacked Xi'an with great momentum. At that time, many Tartar officials in the Xi'an mansion were very frightened.

But although Meng Qiaofang had only 1000 people under his command, he still insisted on defending the city. He sent Chen De, deputy general of Biaoying, to guard the west gate, and Ren Zhen to guard the north gate.

They also sent people to search and arrest the gentry who tried to respond internally, but they also stabilized Xi'an for a while, and spread everywhere that Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, and Li Guohan, the king of Gushan Ezhen, had led an army nearby.

He also took out silver to recruit and reward the strong people to defend the city.

Under various means, Xi'an did not become chaotic.

He Zhen and the others were still wasting time outside the city, arguing endlessly about the joint venture and reorganization, and even fighting for food and grass.

Wait until they make a fuss all the way to Xianyang.

Seeing that Wu Sangui hadn't arrived yet, Meng Qiaofang immediately resorted to another shady trick, sending his servants to Xianyang with 1 taels of silver, claiming that he planned to join him anyway.

Then he said that the second general Chen Derenzhen in Xi'an is loyal to the Tartars, so he hoped that the rebel army would give him some time to get rid of the second general first, and then he could directly open the city and surrender without spending a single soldier.

He even said that he could raise food and grass for the rebels.

He Zhen believed it.

Agree to suspend the attack.

This is the biggest mistake they make.

However, He Zhen felt that Meng Qiaofang was afraid of the strength of the Ming army, so she really wanted to surrender just like the governor Huang Changyin. Gandixi and so on.

He didn't expect that Meng Qiaofang was a real traitor.

All he did was to delay the attack, to buy time for Wu Sangui.

Zhu Yihai let out a long sigh and dropped the map.

At this point, he can basically conclude that He Zhen and the others will repeat history and lose to the city of Xi'an again.

This made him very painful. Knowing the future and the direction clearly, he also delivered the decree again and again, awarded 36 gold medals to Gao Doushu, He Zhen and the others, urging them to retreat.

But they just didn't respect the imperial decree and ordered them to retreat.

Fighting and not fighting, retreating and not retreating, just wasting time in Guanzhong, the rebels from all walks of life will go to the countryside today to collect food, and the other will go to the countryside to pull young men. The day after tomorrow, the two groups may meet and have a fight.

Meng Qiaofang also sent food and grass today, money tomorrow, and some beauties to He Zhen and others the day after tomorrow. Anyway, it was all kinds of delays.

Although Zhu Yihai is also very clear that it is not uncommon for a battle to last for a year or so or even several years, but the current situation is that He Zhen and the others do not have this strength.

He could only watch helplessly as they were heading towards the abyss of ruin, and they were going to repeat the mistakes of Huguang Wuzhong, but they were powerless. This sense of powerlessness was too painful.

This made him more determined that these local military leaders could not be counted on in the crisis of the late Ming Dynasty.

He Zhen was born as a general, and now when his newly appointed governor of Yunnan, Fan Yiheng, was on the sidelines of Shaanxi, He Zhen was his general. They all saw him off in person, and they were still his generals.

He Zhen was Li Zicheng who didn't surrender until the 14th year of Chongzhen. He would not be so short-sighted and would not be easily fooled by the Qing army.

But the result is still the same.

He Zhen, like most military generals in this era, supported his troops with self-respect, and was originally a Ming general. Later, he broke through the army and surrendered Li Zicheng. He was recruited by Zhu Yihai to surrender, and now he is under the city of Xi'an, but he does not obey the imperial edict.

Zhu Yihai could almost guess He Zhen's state of mind. He didn't pay much attention to Zhu Yihai at all. All he had in his eyes was the 10 people gathered near Xi'an. What he thought about was how to control this army and turn it into a His He family army, using this as a capital, made further progress in this troubled world.

That's why He Zhen was unwilling to withdraw her troops and insisted on attacking Xi'an.

Everyone's position is different, and their interests are also different. What Zhu Yihai wants is to restore the world, but He Zhen wants to take advantage of the chaos to control soldiers and horses to strengthen her own strength.

Zhu Yihai was beyond his reach and had no choice.

Angrily, he clenched his fist and hammered the table. Finally, he couldn't help but took out his notebook and added 'hezhen' on it.

He Zhen, who has a dark heart, can't count on it. Now only Wen Anzhi and Qin Liangyu's Shaanxi-Gansu Camp, Qin Yiming's Zhongyong Town, Yunyang's Zhongkai Town, and Badong's Zhongzhen Town, I hope these people can be able to Arrived in Hanzhong in time.

Even if the Ming army in Guanzhong cannot be saved, at least Hanzhong must be kept.

(End of this chapter)